GALLERY WALK AND WRITING

 September 29/30

We will do Gallery Walk to the view the causes of war posters.  For each poster, you will take notes on the key events and aspects, details used to describe these events, and connects made between the SPERT categories.

Upon completion, students will write for 10 minutes on the following:

Which of the SPERT categories do you believe believe best explains the cause(s) of the Civil War.  Use specific evidence to support your view.

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

Due 10/1, 10/2

Read the handout on the Emancipation Proclamation and highlight and annotate answers to the guiding questions.

docs.google.com/document/d/1UOHENEbSj_lXnmqaXwQsahTJi321JGscoMqSqlwGUGI/edit

WORKSHEET FOR ESSAY PREPARATION

Below is a link to a worksheet that may help you complete your homework for September 29/30.
docs.google.com/document/d/1gwtIZFQmjnv0kvUv5dp_iF64FlM2C2DevgQ8FbxrnhE/edit

CHOOSING ESSAY PROMPTS

Due September 29/30

III. Key Concepts

The following prompts deal with key concepts of history (the “big picture”) as they connect to this unit. Choose any prompt relating to Chapter 9. Write a one sentence answer (ie: a clear and strong thesis) and then list 2-5 distinct topics of support; each of your topics of support should include 2-4 sub-bullet points of specific evidence that enforce each of your topics. Your responses should be bullet point outlines (not narrative paragraphs).

Bring a hard copy to class on the due date.

Concept - Change

9- Evaluate how views on slavery and events in the North help fuel the abolitionist movement.

10- How did the Gettysburg Address expand the purpose of the war (from the Union’s perspective)?

11- Describe the economic changes in the South during Reconstruction.

Concept - Continuity

9- To what extent did the Missouri Compromise give more power to the federal government (versus the states) in addressing the issue of slavery?

10- In what ways did African Americans who contributed to the Union war effort still face racism and hostility?

11- Compare and contrast the relationships between the federal and state governments in the South between Presidential Reconstruction to Congressional Reconstruction.

Concept - Causation

9- What impact did the Dred Scott decision have on African American rights?

10- President Lincoln said, “my paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.” Given this objective, why did he sign the Emancipation Proclamation?

11- How did legalized segregation become part of the legacy of the Reconstruction era?

Concept - Consequence

9- Evaluate the effect of John Brown’s raid on tension between the North and the South.

10- Justify a position either for or against Lincoln’s suspension of the constitutional right of habeas corpus.

11- Evaluate the success of new governments in rebuilding the South in the late 1860s.

Concept - Significance

9- Why was the election of 1860 a significant event in the conflict over slavery?

10- Explain the significance of the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg.

11- Explain how the struggle for political control of the South ended with a return to “white man’s rule.”

Concept - Perspectives

9- Compare and contrast the sectional difference between North and South in the mid 1800s.

10- Evaluate the contributions women made to the war effort.

11- Discuss the ways in which former slaves exercised their rights in the early years of Reconstruction.

NORTH AND SOUTH DIFFERENCES

On September 21/22 we created a T-Chart to contrast lifestyles in the North and South before the Civil War.  Below is a link to a T-Chart the includes much of the information we recorded.

docs.google.com/document/d/1VjUxWH5hbWsNPadnTulW5Lx8DoUIVbpN3jWml4bnR7A/edit

FINISHING CONFEDERATE FLAG LESSON

Due September 23/24

Read, highlight and annotate the article on the controversy  you were assigned to read.  Follow the instructions for highlighting and annotating.  Also use one of the prompts on the instruction sheet to write a paragraph response.

Bring a copy of your US Study Guide for Chapters 9,10, 11 so you can complete the SPERT chart in class.

ONLINE TEXT BOOK

Here are the instructions for the online History of Alive  subscription.

1.   Go to www.teachtci.com

2.  Click on the purple "Student Sign In" button (upper right hand corner)

3.  Click on the green "Create Account" button

4.  Enter the teacher email (ssnyder@pps.net), your last name, first initital, user name and password then confirm your password.

CAUSES OF CIVIL WAR

Due September 21/September 22

1.  Classify events/terms from US Study Guide into SPERT categories.  Use the chart linked to blog.  If you prefer, you can draw the chart.

docs.google.com/document/d/1X2wajzkPHFNDzJM6Xostj3peawj0IpwRYsGH8jrHcQM/edit

2,  Here is the link for definitions of SPERT terms.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yvqsTQsIeqmWYzh2RA58Uq5_zj97JB8zNmDUKiAHdJE/editusp=sharing





2.  Read the essay you have been assigned regarding the Confederate flag.  Highlight, annotate, and respond.  Use the tips on highlighting and annotating.

US HISTORY SYLLABUS

Click on link for syllabus.
docs.google.com/document/d/12se3IeUNu3vmtXQandhchCIbnu_NkaowcbJn9CN1NeA/edit

STUDY GUIDE ON CHAPTER 9, 10, 11

Due Sept. 21/22

Finish the Key Terms section of the Study Guide on Chapter 9, 10, 11.  You do not have to do the questions at the end of the Study Guide. Just finish meaning of terms and their significance.

To access a PDF copy of Chapter 9, 10, 11 from History Alive do the following:

1.  Go to Sudermann's website on the staff page of the Lincoln High School Website.
2.  Click on https://sites.google.com/site/sudermannpps/
3,  Click on US History
4.  Click on USH Files&Links
5.  Click on download USH CH9.pdf, USH CH10.pdf, USH CH11.pdf
6.  Password for access is gocards.

FINISH LIBRARY ASSIGNMENT

Due Sept., 14/15

Finish the research you started in the library.  This means continue the research process outlined in the  student handout, "US History Topics of Personal Interest."  You should have already started a google doc to record the required information.  (See last entry for link to digital form.)

Be sure and do the tasks under "Information Found In Your Notes" and "Information Found In Your Head and Your Heart." To complete these tasks you will need the following information from our lesson on "What is History:"

*  SPERT categories - Social, Political, Economic, Religion/Ideology, Technology
* 6 Concepts of History- Change, Continuity, Causation, Consequence, Significance, and Perspectives

Check your notes in your binder for more detail.

LIBRARY ORIENTATION

September 9/10

Follow the instructions in the link for the library orientation assignment.


docs.google.com/document/d/1Kbs9yRvUX4TTu_ixjZux8tNflHQcv8jVwRdcuG4yaiE/edit#

CIVIL WAR STUDY GUIDE

Here is the link for the study guide which you can cut and paste onto a google doc.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ja_Qns30XrEJKUJcghYMHyAAycJgIZRci01ugOWw0eI/edit

ACTIVITIES AND HOMEWORK - 8/31,9/1

Activities:

*  Lesson on "What is A Historian."  Note taking on categories and key concepts of history.

Homework - Due 9/2/9/3

* Read, respond, sign "Code of Conduct."